From before the EFJ 8600 800 MHz radios of the late 1980s through the late 1990s, EF Johnson radios have a tendency to microphonic behavior.
Under severe cases, the radio will not be able to receive at all because the microphonics disrupt the PL/DPL/LTR decoding.
The Summit public safety radios are a new generation design and don’t seem to have this problem (although the 35 Watt 800 MHz EFJ Summits have a tendency to burn out the power amplifier output PCB trace).
The EF Johnson Viking 242-2008 175 Watt 800 MHz repeaters typically have five in a 7-foot rack including transmitter combiner.

EFJ 2008 repeater

Diagnosing

The “2008” repeaters we’re having issues with are about 5 years old, and if I tap on a different rack 6 feet away, I can hear it in the repeater receive audio.
That was only after I unplugged the fan.
Three of the five EF Johnson 800 MHz NPSPAC repeaters had microphonics.

Repairing

I fixed two microphonic repeaters on-site by

complete teardown

scrub off all mating surfaces (where ground pads meet chassis)

blowoff any filings

apply antioxidant.

The fix would usually last 3-5 years that way.
If the oxidation was heavy on the tinned pads, I would “freshen” them by heating, desoldering, and applying a very thin layer of new solder.

So one 242-2008 EF Johnson repeater needed to go back to the factory.
It may have been a bad component on the board as even swapping chassis didn’t help.